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Monthly Archives: June 2017

I hope the seriously practicing Pagans and Druids and Wiccans out there will forgive me, but I consider myself at least a casual Pagan (in the same way I am casually Christian and equally casually Buddhist—I celebrate Christmas, I meditate and try to follow the Middle Way, I revere big trees and pay attention to […]

Last weekend I traveled to Saint John New Brunswick to run the Rompin’ Rockwood urban trail race. At around 2200 acres, Rockwood Park is a large by urban park standards (one of the largest in Canada), and has over 50 km (that’s 31 miles to us Americans) of trail! And not flat manicured gravel padded […]

I work at Maine Maritime Academy, where my students and I are known (somewhat affectionately, some what derisively) as “fish counters”. To the deckies and engineers that make up the majority of the student body, studying the workings of the ocean and all the fish (and other living creatures) in it amounts to just counting […]

Sarah O'Malley

Sarah is a science educator, naturalist, writer, tide pool fanatic and burgeoning obsessive trail runner. From personal experience she believes strongly in the restorative power of contact with nature, especially experiences that make your heart beat a little faster or get your hands and feet dirty. She lives on the Blue Hill peninsula with her husband and two dogs.